Hi folks, Thought this would be of interest. While checking on the availability of Deadly Deception (again), I learned about WGBH's Open Vault project. So I made a digitization request. The additional info they sent was that there is a $60 research fee to confirm if they can make the program available online. If the answer is yes, there's a fee in the range of $250-$300. And then the program gets loaded online for the world to view. My boss was cool with us paying the research fee. I'll let you know what I hear back re Deadly Deception.
We might want to brainstorm what other titles we'd really like to see available again. Remember Rock and Roll series? The artist interviews are posted (I'm sure everything with music in it was much too complicated/expensive). http://openvault.wgbh.org/ User Funded Digitization We're happy to announce that the first Open Vault user funded digitization of a program has been completed and is now available to listen to online! The program audio comes from the series, The Advocates episode 103 "Should the Law Permit Voluntary Euthanasia for the Terminally Ill?" You can access the program audio by clicking this link. If you haven't tried requesting digitization or transcription of a program, it's easy! First register for a free Open Vault account and login. Then search for a record of interest and click the "Request Digitization" or "Request Transcript" button. That's it! You will then receive more information about your request via email from WGBH. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu<mailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu>
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